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CVE-2008-5718

CVE-2008-5718 PUBLISHED

Reported by mitre · Published December 26, 2008

The papd daemon in Netatalk before 2.0.4-beta2, when using certain variables in a pipe command for the print file, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a print request, as demonstrated using a crafted Title.

Affected products

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Timeline

  • Dec 26, 2008 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Apr 5, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Apr 5, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jun 16, 2026 CVE Updated

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2008-5718
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2008-5718

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2008-5718/fixes/registry"

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